In This Issue:
- Food Venture Financing Trends
- CPG Corporate Venture and Private Equity Funds
- Links to Relevant Content and Events
Food Venture Financing Trends
- Ferrara Candy announced that it plans to buy Jelly Belly Candy, the prominent jelly bean business, for an undisclosed amount.
- Tyson Foods announced that it plans to make a strategic minority investment in Protix, an insect protein startup company.
- A recent report by Pitchbook found that foodtech deals are steadily increasing after a slow period. Experts predict that alternative protein, food ecommerce, sustainability and health and wellness companies will likely drive an increase in foodtech deal activity.
CPG Corporate Venture and Private Equity Fund
This week's featured corporate venture and private equity fund is BE8 VENTURES.
- Be8 Venture is a Berlin-based growth stage venture capital fund focusing on the food and beverage sector with a strong commitment to innovation throughout the entire food and beverage value chain (i.e. Innovative Food, E-Grocery, Retail & Gastro Tech, Packaging & Waste).
- Be8 Venture is funded by the Oetker group, the leading food producer in Europe.
- This VC fund invests in emerging brands that shape tomorrow's food ecosystem in Europe, Israel, and North America.
- Some of Be8 Venture's portfolio companies include:
- New Culture
- Melt & Marble
- Planted
- Glovo
- Bluu
- Blue Horizon Ventures
- Synthesis Capital
Links to Relevant Content and Events
ARTICLES
UPCOMING EVENTS
Naturally Boulder
Morning Meetup at CU Boulder South
Monday, October 30 | 8:30 – 10:00 a.m. MT
Location: CU Boulder South, 4886 Table Mesa Dr., Boulder, Colorado
Want to explore Boulder's trails and meet other natural products professionals? If yes, join Naturally Boulder for an informal hike at CU Boulder South, and bring a friend!
Naturally Chicago
Day of the Dead Party 3
Wednesday, November 1 | 5:00 – 8:00 p.m. CT
Location: Uncommon Ground, 3800 N. Clark St., Chicago, Illinois
Dia de los Muertos 3 is coming up on the evening of Wednesday, November 1. Join one of Naturally Chicago's best-loved annual events. There will be Great food, an open bar with margaritas made with Twisted Alchemy cold-pressed juice mixers and beer from Uncommon Ground's Greenstar, which was the first organic brewery in Illinois, and a whole lot of happy people from Chicago’s local Natural Products industry.